Internet Addiction Spins Web of Depression

People Who Use the Internet Excessively May Be More Likely to Suffer Depression, Study Finds

By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News

Feb. 4, 2010 -- Internet users who are compulsive about going online and have more social interactions in virtual worlds than the real one may be depressed, according to a new study.

Some Internet users retreat from real-life interaction and opt for chat rooms and social networking sites, and this can have an adverse effect on mental health, researchers say in the Feb. 10 issue of Psychopathology.

{Read the full article at WEBMD.com}

Morrison, C.M., Gore, H. (2010)

The Relationship between Excessive Internet Use and Depression: A Questionnaire-Based Study of 1,319 Young People and Adults [Abstract]

Psychopathology 43, 2, 121-126.

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